GIMPS, SETI@home, ChessBrain: Insecure installation
— GLSA 200411-26

Improper file ownership allows user-owned files to be run with root
privileges by init scripts.

Affected Packages

Package

sci-misc/gimps on all architectures

Affected versions

<= 23.9

Unaffected versions

>= 23.9-r1

Package

sci-misc/setiathome on all architectures

Affected versions

<= 3.08-r3

Unaffected versions

>= 3.08-r4revision >= 3.03-r2

Package

sci-misc/chessbrain on all architectures

Affected versions

<= 20407

Unaffected versions

>= 20407-r1

Background

GIMPS is a client for the distributed Great Internet Mersenne Prime
Search. SETI@home is the client for the Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) project. ChessBrain is the client for the
distributed chess supercomputer.